kindred

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: kĭndrəd, IPA: /kɪndrəd/, X-SAMPA: /kIndr@d/

Etymology

From Middle English kindrede, alteration (with epenthetic d) of kinrede, cünreden (“kindred”), from Old English cynrēd, cynrǣden (“kindred, family, generation, posterity, stock, species”), from cynn (“kind, sort, quality, race, family, rank, gender”) + -rǣden (“condition, state”), equivalent to kin +‎ -red. More at kin.

Noun

kindred (plural kindreds)

1. (often plural only) Distant and close relatives, collectively.
2. (often plural only) Peoples of the same ethnic descent, not including speaker; brethren.
3. (countable) A grouping of relatives.
   • Shakespeare

     I think there's no man is secure / But the queen's kindred.

Synonyms

• (people of same ethnic descent): brethren, kinship

Translations

kin — see kin

people of same ethnic descent

• Dutch: soortgenoten (nl)

Noun

kindred (plural kindreds)

1. A combination of extended family and religious group, of the Ásatrú religious order in America.

Synonyms

• Hearth
• Garth
• Stead

External links

• Wikipedia article on Ásatrú Kindreds

Adjective

kindred (not comparable)

1. Of the same nature.
   • 1924, Aristotle, Metaphysics, translated by W. D. Ross, Nashotah, Wisconsin, USA: The Classical Library, 2001, book 1, part 1.

     We have said in the Ethics what the difference is between art and science and the other kindred faculties;

Translations

of the same nature

• Dutch: gelijkaardig (nl)
• Portuguese: semelhante (pt)

• Russian: родственный (ru) (rodstvennyj)

Anagrams

• drinked